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Purple-red papules on foot.

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An 88-year-old Caucasian man of Italian ancestry came into our clinic with multiple, painful purple-red "growths" on his left foot that he'd had for several years. The patient had no systemic complaints (no fever, chills, weight loss, night sweats). He had a history of hypertension, a cardiac valve

Early histopathologic changes in purple glove syndrome.

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An 86-year-old African-American man presented with tonic-clonic seizures. Intravenous phenytoin was urgently administered into the dorsum of the right hand. The patient developed a raised purple area of discoloration around the intravenous insertion site within 2 h and edema and vesiculobullous

Purple glove syndrome following intravenous phenytoin administration.

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Purple glove syndrome (PGS) is a rare complication of intravenous phenytoin use that typically presents with pain, edema, and discoloration at the injection site that spreads to the distal limb. Several risk factors have been associated with the development of PGS; however, the etiology remains

Intoxication of cattle by Perilla frutescens (purple mint).

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Perilla frutescens or purple mint has been associated with atypical interstitial pneumonia (AIP) for a quarter of a century. The amount and the stage of the plant required to produce AIP have been much debated. A field case in which catastrophic loses occurred in cattle ingesting hay containing

Purple glove syndrome caused by oral administration of phenytoin.

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A severely handicapped boy had been treated with phenytoin and his seizures were controlled well. At 10 years of age, a pharmacy gave about 1000 mg of phenytoin instead of the prescribed 100 mg of the drug per day. Several hours after the initial administration, the patient became drowsy and his

A prospective study of the incidence of the purple glove syndrome.

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OBJECTIVE Phenytoin (PHT) has been widely used intravenously for the treatment of seizures since 1956, and for many years, it has been considered first-line therapy for status epilepticus. It is routinely administered intravenously in emergency departments and hospitals for patients who have had

Incidence and clinical consequence of the purple glove syndrome in patients receiving intravenous phenytoin.

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OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence, risk factors, and long-term sequelae of the purple glove syndrome (PGS) in hospital patients receiving IV phenytoin. BACKGROUND PGS is a poorly understood, potentially serious local complication of IV phenytoin administration characterized by progressive distal

The painful purple digit: an alarming complication of Candida albicans antigen treatment of recalcitrant warts.

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Candida albicans (CA) antigen immunotherapy for recalcitrant warts is a novel treatment that has had much success in the recent past. Although several side effects are well documented in the literature, we report a new adverse reaction to CA antigen immunotherapy for verruca vulgaris of the distal

Purple glove syndrome occurring after oral administration of phenytoin in therapeutic doses: mechanism still a dilemma.

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Purple glove syndrome is a rare and poorly understood complication of phenytoin use, occurring almost always with its intravenous formulation. This syndrome comprises of pain, purple discoloration, and edema distal to the site of intravenous administration of phenytoin. We hereby report an unusual

Compartment syndrome as a spectrum of purple glove syndrome following intravenous phenytoin administration in a young male: a case report and review of literature.

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Compartment syndrome is a rare complication of spectrum of purple glove syndrome, seen as a side effect of intravenous phenytoin. This involves rapid discolouration of the involved limb along with edema and sometimes blistering of the skin also. Treatment is usually conservative and rarely requires

Frozen cadaver. Antemortem versus postmortem.

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Three categories of skin from Hanford miniature swine were examined microscopically: normal, unfrozen skin; skin exposed to -75 degrees C air for 5 min, 6 h postinjury; and skin frozen postmortem. Frostbitten skin (antemortem freezing) was characterized grossly by a purple discoloration and

Technical approaches of a natural dye extracted from Phytolacca americana L.-berries with chemical mordants.

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Phytolacca americana L. is a large semi-succulent herbaceous plant which reaches three meters in height. It is native to eastern North America, the Midwest, and the Gulf Coast, with more scattered populations in the far West. It is imported into Korea and has been frequently used as a traditional

Early mucosal healing and chronic changes in pony jejunum after various types of strangulation obstruction.

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Strangulation obstruction was induced in anesthetized ponies for periods of 2 and 3 hours by clamping 45-cm segments of jejunum and their veins only (venous strangulation obstruction, VSO) and arteries and veins (arterial and venous strangulation obstruction, AVSO). These types of strangulation

Angiosarcoma of the breast following lumpectomy, axillary lymph node dissection, and radiotherapy for primary breast cancer: three case reports and a review of the literature.

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BACKGROUND One of the risks of therapeutic irradiation is the development of secondary malignant tumors. In this paper three cases are reported of angiosarcoma of the breast following breast-conserving surgery and irradiation for primary breast cancer, and the literature is reviewed. METHODS Until

Necrotizing fasciitis.

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Two patients had limited necrotizing fascilitis. The morbidity and mortality from this infectious necrotizing process of the superficial fascia have not changed significantly since its initial description in 1924. The characteristic clinical findings of necrotizing fascilitis makes early recognition

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